Its The 5th Staging of the shanghai masters with Ali Carter Defending his Title.

Over the 5 years this event has thrown together some unexpected Finalists with Jamie Burnett Runner Up Last year, But This year Jamie Burnett will not be in Shanghai after a 5-3 loss to Former Champion Dominic Dale in Qualifying.

Since the 2009 Shanghai Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan has not Won a Ranking Title. will this week signal the Recovery ? Will he even be Here after Missing his defence last year ?

if he is there he will be amongst the Favorites with others like John Higgins,Mark Williams (Australian Open Runner Up),Judd Trump and Mark Selby.

Neil Robertson was on a crest of a wave this time last year as World Champion but its been a Disappointing Time for the Australian During The Last Year so can he Rediscover his form This Week ?

Looking at the draw, if Sullivan goes to Shanghai he'll have every chance of winning it. He's more than likely got Maguire and Carter up to the quarter-finals, and both of them have abysmal records against O'Sullivan. I think he's going well with the pressure of his top-16 spot being under threat actually... not saying he's going to win a World or a UK but it's at least positive for us fans of Sullivan that he's playing well and seemingly enjoying it.

Theres no Eurosport coverage tomorrow but it will be on Eurosport Player and Liveworldsnooker.tv and while streaming viewers will be enjoying Fergal O'Brien v Hossein Vatael the Jack Lisowski v Rouzi Maimaiti match will be on a outside table.

Then also on a outside Table another day will be Judd Trump (the last man to win a Ranking Event in China ) against Stuart Bingham (The Last Man to win a Ranking Title) as Dave Hendon said on Twitter why didnt they use the China Open module of playing Last 32 Matches on the Monday so that the likes of Trump v Bingham gets a proper Table.

Persanally id Scrap the Wild Card Round and if they need a Extra Round why not Bring Over the 8 Most Apealing Last 48 Matches from Sheffield whitch would have included Mark King v Liu Song and Liang Wenbo v Kurt Maflin.